about us
Management
David B. Springer
Chief Executive Officer and President
Mr. Springer has more than 20 years experience in the healthcare
industry, with a focus in medical devices and healthcare IT. He
most recently was Senior Vice President of the U.S. Division at
St. Jude Medical, Inc. Mr. Springer has held a variety of leadership
positions in sales, marketing, business development, corporate accounts
and operations with both Fortune 100 and successful start up organizations.
He was part of the founding management teams of QDCS (acquired by
Matria), WebMD, and AnyDevice (acquired by HiddenMind). Mr. Springer's
positions have included EVP of Business Development and SVP of Sales
& Marketing at WebMD, Chief Operating Officer at AnyDevice,
and SVP Sales and Marketing at QDCS. He began his career in sales
with Procter & Gamble and then held positions of increasing
responsibility in sales, sales management, and corporate accounts
with Kimberly Clark Healthcare division and Intermedics CRM division.
Mr. Springer earned his bachelors degree in Industrial Management
and a minor in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University in
West Lafayette, Indiana.
Patrick Wethington
Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing
Mr. Wethington has 15 years of experience in the medical device
industry. Prior to joining CHF Solutions, Inc., Mr. Wethington served
as an Area Vice President for CRM, AF and Cardiology field operations
with St. Jude Medical, Inc. Mr. Wethington has held a variety of
leadership positions in sales, marketing, new product planning and
clinical operations with both Fortune 500 and successful start up
organizations.
Mr. Wethington served as one of Endocardial Solutions, Inc. (ESI)
original Senior Executive Management team members from November
1996 until January 2005 when ESI was acquired by St. Jude Medical,
Inc. From June 1992 to October 1996, Mr. Wethington held various
positions of increasing responsibility at Elli Lilly-CPI then CPI-Guidant
within the clinical, marketing and new product planning disciplines.
From 1989 to June 1992 while completing and graduating with honors
with a BA in Political Science and Economics from Clemson University
and a MBA in Strategic Marketing and Planning from the Carlson School
of Management, Mr. Wethington served as a strategic sales and marketing,
planning and management internship consultant for several organizations,
including 3M Corp., Target Corp., Synet Service Corporation and
the Embassy of Spain.
John OMahony
Vice President of Operations, R&D, RA and QA
Mr. O'Mahony has 17 years of experience in the medical device industry
and is an inventor with 33 US patents. Prior to CHF Solutions, Mr.
O'Mahony was a Senior Technical R&D Manager with responsibility
for system, controls and pneumatic engineering at Nellcor Puritan
Bennett's ICU ventilator division. He acquired start-up experience
as a member of the team that set up Puritan Bennett in Ireland in
both Operations and R&D. Previous experience also includes manufacturing
experience at Analog Devices B.V. Ireland. Mr. O’Mahony has
a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering and industrial management
from the University of Limerick, Limerick Ireland.
Ronald M. Nelson
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Nelson joined the company in January 2002 and has been CFO
of several high-growth medical device companies during his career.
Mr. Nelson was a principal financial officer at IntraTherapeutics,
Inc. from 1997-2001 and from 1993-1997 was concurrent CFO of several
medical device portfolio companies of Medical Innovation Partners,
a seed-stage venture capital firm. Mr. Nelson is a Certified Public
Accountant and following receipt of a bachelors’ degree from
Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn. he spent several years
with Touche Ross & Co., the predecessor firm to Deloitte &
Touche.
John R. Wigneswaran MD
Senior Medical Director, Medical Affairs
Dr. Wigneswaran is a Nephrologist with a keen interest in Acute
Decompensated Heart Failure - particularly with how it can impact
renal function, the effectiveness of diuretic therapy and quality
of life. Dr. Wigneswaran received his Bachelor's degree from Cornell
University and his medical degree from Tufts University School of
Medicine in Boston. Shortly thereafter he completed his Internal
Medicine Residency at Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University and
his Nephrology fellowship at New York Presbyterian Hospital- Cornell
University where he also engaged in further study in the Division
of Hypertension. Previously, Dr. Wigneswaran served as Medical Director
in Medical Affairs at Johnson and Johnson, and is currently still
practicing as a Nephrologist in Dayton, Ohio where he divides his
time as Assistant Clinical Professor of Nephrology at Wright State
University School of Medicine training medical residents, and seeing
patients in his private practice. Dr. Wigneswaran is certified by
both the Boards of Internal Medicine and Nephrology and is a member
of the American Society of Nephrology.
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